# Are vests (3-piece suits) back in style? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362 "2014-04-30T15:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/21 "2014-05-01T01:10:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > If I worked at a college I’d get a leather jacket with tweed elbow patches. This one _almost_ slipped past me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/22 "2014-05-01T05:45:35Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > I knew, just based on the thread title, that there would be a picture of him in here somewhere. And I agree with you 100%. It is a trend I can completely support. See also [this guy](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/4d/6d/e0/4d6de03f8ca39c6fe8a9fad855e110c4.jpg). > > I really like the slim cut and good tailoring that are coming back. I think it looks great. Baggy clothes make you look baggy. That’s fine if that is what you are going for. Good tailoring looks sharp. And [this](http://thehipreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/photos-best-dressed-list-2013.sw_.122.ss38-jack-huston-international-best-dressed-list-2013.jpeg) [guy](http://cdn.gq.com.mx/uploads/images/thumbs/201305/jack_huston_en_tweed_para_el_frio_347196859_674x900.jpg) as well. Oh yeah, a slim-cut three-piece suit/vest is \*quite \*nice. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/23 "2014-05-01T06:48:00Z")
I have 8 of them, I often wear them without a suit or jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Echo\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Echo\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Echo_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/24 "2014-05-01T09:02:47Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Blech. A lot of the photos from Example 2 look like the suits are about 2 sizes too small. And what’s with the no socks?! European suits tend to be cut closer than American styles. To my eyes, American suits look humorously baggy. I’m afraid [no socks](http://www.esquire.co.uk/style/shoes/4050/rules-of-going-sockless/) is a real thing. Again on the fashion-forward/somewhat-daring side of things. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/25 "2014-05-01T10:32:06Z")
Hats, waistcoats, no socks; hipster de rigueur. It’s how you know who deserves to have things thrown at them. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/26 "2014-05-01T13:21:50Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > If I worked at a college I’d get a leather jacket with tweed elbow patches. You could claim that your tailor is dyslexic. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/27 "2014-05-01T14:32:50Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > I knew, just based on the thread title, that there would be a picture of him in here somewhere. And I agree with you 100%. It is a trend I can completely support. See also [this guy](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/4d/6d/e0/4d6de03f8ca39c6fe8a9fad855e110c4.jpg). And _there’s_ the other sharp-dressed man I was expecting from this thread! Vests are quite nice. I’m glad they’re coming back into fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/28 "2014-05-01T14:57:52Z")
My hipster 30-year-old brother-in-law loves vests, and my daughter’s 20-year-old boyfriend went sockless to a prom a couple years ago. So it’s happening right before my eyes. My 16-year-old son wore a blazing blue vest which matched his date’s dress to the prom this year, but that’s the sort of event where you wouldn’t be surprised to see a stovepipe hat if some wacky boy took a notion. I did see a boy rolling up to the prom wearing loud white shoes, completely rocking the look. I approve of flamboyant dressing, obvi. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/29 "2014-05-01T16:07:22Z")
I can entertain the idea of wearing a vest - but no socks? No way, no how never never never.- I am definately too old for that, I’m too old too even see the point of it. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/30 "2014-05-01T18:54:22Z")
What about like at an outdoor wedding? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/31 "2014-05-01T23:21:33Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > When I was about 6 I had a 3-piece corduroy suit for school. I was styling! I have a green corduroy suit, although lacking waistcoat. I look, in my mind, pretty bad-ass, but I am sure others thing I look like a history teacher. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/32 "2014-05-02T01:57:21Z")
I don’t seem to be able to Google up a good enough image to link to, but Raoul Julia as Gomez Addams simply rocked an old-fashioned, richly ornate waistcoat. ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362/33 "2014-05-02T05:55:19Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > If I worked at a college I’d get a leather jacket with tweed elbow patches. You’ve ruined a perfectly good jacket. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-vests-3-piece-suits-back-in-style/687362.md?page=1)